Posts by mamadelbosque

Very cool, thanks for the tips:) I was kinda hesitant to buy it, but am *SO* glad I did!! My copy is an old one from like 83', spiral bound... which is apparently quite rare :) And, we're huge fans of spicy food.. my mom's family is...

So, I just picked up "The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine" by John D Folse from the goodwill, and am excited to try some if the recipes in it... but I have a few questions about ingredients and am hoping some of you can...

The same way as everything else: By hand. We don't have a dishwasher :( Silverware gets dumped in the soapy water and washed last - that way its soaked and mostly really easy to get clean, no scrubbing required...

I have a couple of lodge's cast iron dutch ovens which I *LOVE*. I haven't yet gotten an enamled dutch oven, though its on the proveribial 'list' :p Someday I'll be rich, and have nothing but lodge cast iron &...

Tonight I made beans & green chili & tortillas for dinner... which means that tommorrow night will either be enchiladas or juevos rancheros... breakfast or lunch (or both!!) will definetly be juevos rancheros - we have lots of...

  Hi there, I'm a very much novice cook and have a rather large collection of cookbooks. I have some, fairly limited experience with cookies & pies and I've made a handful of cakes, but thats about it. I'd love...

Jelly, plate sounds interesting... have a link? I'm currently getting bon appetit which I really like :) 

It has never even crossed my mind not to cook w/ wine/liquor for fear of my child ingesting alcohol... The amount of alcohol that you use when cooking food is so tiny, let alone thats left after some boils/evaporates off is just way...

It freezes beautifully! I freeze it in ice cube trays, that way I can pull out however much I want/need really easily!!   Not sure how long it keeps in a fridge fresh though... I'd guess a few days:)  

I pickup cookbooks regularly at goodwill/garage sales and about once a year pair them back down to the ones that I've made anything out of (and thats turned out).    I have one measly shelf on the very bottom of our...